Formulated to meet higher energy needs of nutritionally vulnerable children: Frebini® Tube Feeds
Early enteral nutritional support for critically ill children is safe and effective, and can significantly improve the nutritional status of critically ill children.1
Frebini® Tube Feeds are developed based on state of the art scientific evidence with long-term clinical experience to support higher energy needs of children with or at risk of malnutrition.2
Enhanced energy and nutrient needs due to:
• Cystic fibrosis
• Crohn’s disease
• Chronic catabolic diseases, e.g., cancer, HIV
• Trauma
• Post-surgery
• Neurological impairment
• Physical disablement
• Congenital heart disease
For the nutritional management of children with disease-related malnutrition, tube feeding is an important option with physiological advantages:3
Maintenance of intestinal mucosal integrity
Preventing bacterial translocation
Decreased rate of infection
Improved immune response
Reduced stress response due to the illness or injury
Decreased morbidity and mortality
Nutritionally complete, well-balanced and innovative
Frebini® Tube Feeds*
- First on the market with fish oil in paediatric tube feeds
- Highest in DHA** in standard tube feeds for children ≥ 1 year - essential for the retina and brain development
- Highest in EPA*** n-3 LCPUFA▴ from fish oil in standard tube feeds for children ≥ 1 year - particularly beneficial for chronically or acutely ill patients with inflammatory conditions
* Frebini® products are food for special medical purposes, that have to be used under medical supervision.
** DHA – docosahexaenoic acid
*** EPA – eicosapentaenoic acid
▴ long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
The holistic approach
Considering the best option for everyone
Real-life experiences and insights from our patients and their families show us that Frebini® Tube Feeds not only help to nutritionally support children, they also help to improve their quality of life. Tube feeds give families and nursing staff the chance to save time and energy from feeding times and provide parents with the confidence of efficiently improving their kids’ nutritional status.
Real-life experiences with Frebini® Tube Feeds
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Frebini® Tube Feeds come in both standard energy (1,0 kcal/ml) and high energy (1,5 kcal/ml) variants with and without fibre
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References:
1. Mehta NM, Skillman HE, Irving SY, Coss-Bu JA, Vermilyea S, Farrington EA, et al. Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017;18(7):675-715.
2. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies. Scientific Opinion on the essential composition of infant and follow-on formulae. 2014;12(7):3760
3. Brown AM, Carpenter D, Keller G, Morgan S, Irving SY. Enteral Nutrition in the PICU: Current Status and Ongoing Challenges. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2015 Jun;4(2):111-120. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1559806. PMID: 31110860; PMCID: PMC6513145.